Don Nicolás Hostal — Hotel in Puerto Montt

We stayed at Hostal Don Nicolas for 2 nights before catching our Navimag cruise.||The location is away from the centre of town but closer to the port and bus station. The hostel is up a steep hill in a tatty looking residential area. It's a big hostel but I think we may have been the only guests for a while, when we signed the book the last person was over a month before! ||The room we had was quite noisy as it was above the dining room TV, also the neighbours were playing thumping Latino music. The view however was really nice. ||The room was basic and unheated although there were lots of blankets. The bathroom was not very clean, it didn't look like anyone had stayed there for a while. There was even an old bar of soap with hairs on it, yuck! ||Breakfast was the worst I have had in 4 months of travelling. A complete waste of time, just hot drinks and a whiter than white bread roll with radioactive jam. ||For the price we paid this hostel was a rip off, unfortunately it was the cheapest we could find in the area at the time. ||The staff looked like they live at the hostel and were friendly. We were allowed a late check out which was...

One star for the receptionist who was some how friendly. However the place is horrible. Very cold (no heating anywhere), old, hardly clean, messy, poor WiFi & weirdly about 50 dogs kept on barking in the streets keeping us awake (not the hostel fault obviously). Attention to guests is not that great, we were completely wet from the rain and they made us wait about 20 minutes to check-in. The rooms are also very overpriced. I don't...

Nice and decent sized hostel that is good value for money in the area. We got a free upgrade to a room with a private bathroom and were able to pay in US dollars to avoid the tax which was great! Breakfast is small but includes good coffee and tasty jam. The kitchen is big and feels like you are using their kitchen but very handy! It is a bit of an uphill walk from the bus station but fine for...